"Mauritius is a predominantly Hindu country, with evangelical Christians accounting for less than three percent of the population. Africa Evangelical Fellowship was invited to the island in 1969 and has planted churches in Rose-belle, Rose Hill, Flacq, Vacoas, Petit Paquet, and Blue Bay (an English-speaking church, mainly for expatriates), which are registered individually with the government. They are known as the Mauritian Evangelical Churches (MEC). "

Table: "Population Distribution of Major Beliefs "; "Figures have been compiled from the most accurate recent available information and are in most cases correct to the nearest 1% "; Protestant "includes all non-Roman Catholic denominations "

"Mauritius is a predominantly Hindu country, with evangelical Christians accounting for less than three percent of the population. Africa Evangelical Fellowship [which merged with SIM International in 1998] was invited to the island in 1969 and has planted churches in Rose-belle, Rose Hill, Flacq, Vacoas, Petit Paquet, and Blue Bay (an English-speaking church, mainly for expatriates), which are registered individually with the government. They are known as the Mauritian Evangelical Churches (MEC). "

Table: "Population Distribution of Major Beliefs "; "Figures have been compiled from the most accurate recent available information and are in most cases correct to the nearest 1% "; Listed as "Unspecified "

Table: weekly church attendance in various nations. "Source: Based on latest avail. data from... World Values surveys. Results with an asterisk are from the 1990-1991 survey; all others are from 1995-1997 survey. "

"The Aztecs were a group of American Indians speaking Nahuatl, a language of the Siouan family. They came originally from North America but may have been in Mexico for several centuries before they became a powerful tribe. The language was also spoken by the Toltecs, who controlled most of Mexico between 750 and 1000 AD. "; Pg. 200: "When the great temple was dedicated he took 20,000 captives and had them all sacrificed in four days by eight teams of priests. The year was 1487, only five years before Columbus sailed into the West Indies. Ahuitzotle died in 1502... By this time almost all of civilized Mexico was under Aztec domination. "

"The Aztecs were a native American Indian people who ruled a mighty empire in Mexico during the 1400s and early 1500s A.D. Their empire was conquered by the Spaniards in 1521, but Aztec culture has left a lasting mark on the Mexican way of life. The Aztec empire was established in less than a century. It encompassed the Valley of Mexico, a huge oval basin about 7500 feet above sea level. Although the valley is in the tropics, its high altitude gave it a mild climate. The land was divided into numerous small states. Eventually, the entire area was united under an emperor... The Aztecs were fierce warriors who believed it their duty to sacrifice the people they captured in battle to their gods. On a gentler side, the Aztecs composed music, wrote poetry, and were skilled in medicine. "

"Little Aztec architecture remains, as the Spanish considered it their Christian duty to wipe out all traces of Aztec religion. They destroyed the capital city and built Mexico City on the ruins. However, archaeologists have excavated the site of the Great Temple in downtown Mexico City, recovering thousands of objects, including jewelry and pottery as well as the remains of human and animal sacrifices. "

"Figures are for BWA affiliated conventions/unions only (no independents included). "; Table with 3 columns: Country, "Churches ", & "Members "; "1997/1998 Totals "; [BWA stats. in individual countries are sum of figures for member bodies of BWA in the countries.]; [County population figures for 1998 from United Nations data available here.]

"The country in the world with the largest number of Catholics is Brazil, with 137,570 million, followed by Mexico, with 89,091 million... These are some of the figures given in the latest edition of the Church's Statistical Yearbook for 1997... "

Ross, Dan. Acts of Faith: A Journey to the Fringes of Jewish Identity. New York: St. Martin's Press (1982), pg. 16.

"...the Protestant Iglesia de Dios. The church is the Mexican branch of the American-based Church of God, a fundamentalist sect which abstains from pork, observes the Sabbath on Saturday... The Church of God, active in Mexico since the 19th century, had met with particular success in the Pachuca area. "

"In 1971 there were 33 churches in the U.S., 4 in England, and 6 in Mexico. "

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

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Stark, Rodney. "The Rise of a New World Faith " in Latter-day Saint Social Life: Social Research on the LDS Church and its Members, edited by James T. Duke. Religious Studies Center, BYU: Provo, UT (1998), pg. 17.

"Table: 1.3: Two Years of Mormon Growth, 1978-80 "; Two columns: "Percentage rate of membership growth 1978-80 " and "Number of members in 1980 "; Growth 1978-80: 21%

"In other countries, Mexico, with 783,000, has the greatest LDS population, but growth projections indicate that Brazil, with 640,000, will become the nation with the second largest LDS population in a few more years. "

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